Proverbs 20:8-10

Contemporary English Version

⁸When rulers decide cases,
they weigh the evidence.
⁹Can any of us really say,
“My thoughts are pure,
and my sins are gone”?

¹⁰Two things the Lord hates
are dishonest scales
and dishonest measures.

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Proverbs 20:8-10

King James Version

⁸A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

⁹Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

¹⁰Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the Lord.

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Proverbs 20:8-10

New King James Version

⁸A king who sits on the throne of judgment
Scatters all evil with his eyes.

⁹^(A)Who can say, “I have made my heart clean,
I am pure from my sin”?

¹⁰^(B)Diverse weights and diverse measures,
They are both alike, an abomination to the Lord.

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Proverbs 20:8-10

New International Version

⁸When a king sits on his throne to judge,^(A)
he winnows out all evil with his eyes.^(B)

⁹Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure;^(C)
I am clean and without sin”?^(D)

¹⁰Differing weights and differing measures—
the Lord detests them both.^(E)

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Proverbs 20:8-10

English Standard Version

⁸^(A)A king who sits on the throne of judgment
    ^(B)winnows all evil with his eyes.
⁹^(C)Who can say, “I have made my heart pure;
    I am clean from my sin”?
¹⁰^(D)Unequal^[a] weights and unequal measures
    are both alike an abomination to the Lord.